Warehouse machinery for unloading ships.



PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

G. H. HULETT.

WAREHOUSE MACHINERY POE UNLOADING SHIPS. I

APPLICATION FILED JAN.18,190-3.

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PATENTED MAY 8, 1906 GLH. HULETT. WAREHOUSE MACHINERY FOR UNLOADINGSHIPS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1905.

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No. 919,759. PATENTED MAY 9, 1906.

G. H. HULBTT. WAREHOUSE MACHINERY FOR UNLOADING SHIPS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1905.

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GEORGE H. HIlLETT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO WELLMAN-SEAVER-MORGAN COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

WAREHOUSE MACHINERY FOR UNLOADING SHIPS- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented. May 8, 1906.

Application filed January 18, 1905. Serial No. 241,682.

' suchas will enable t ers skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to im rovements in warehouse machinery for u oadingships, the object of the invention being to provide improvedn achinerywhich will permit the cargo of a ship to be conveyed through any of theopeningp in the side of a warehouse and deposited t erein; and theinvention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fullyhereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation,illustrating my imrovements. Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged roken sideviews. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line m a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 isa view showing the manner of supporting and shifting the tracks 21. Fig.6 is a detail view showing one of the shifting-supports for the tracks21.

1 represents a warehouse having openin s in one side throughout thewarehouse and a jacent to a dock 2, and 3 represents a ship beside thedock.

In the warehouse a traveling crane 4 is located andprovided at one endwith wheels 5 on the lower side of the crane, supported on a rail 6, andthe wheels 5 at the other end of the crane adjacent to the dock are onthe top of the crane and mounted on arail 7, and the crane between itslongitudinal girders has a track 8 and is openbetween the rails of thetrack, permitting a trolley 9 to travel alon the same and support asuspended clam-shell bucket 10 or other apparatus for conveying materialfrom the ship or to the same. On the dock 2 beside the warehouse 1 acrane 11 is located and comprises a. horizontal frame in the samehorizontal plane as crane 4 and provided at its inner end with wheels12, mounted to run between rails 13 on the outside of the warehouse, andthe other end-of'the crane 11 is supported by a standard 14, havingwheels 15 at its lo wer end, running on tracks 16 on the dock, and itwill be seen that this crane 11 can be moved along the dock to anyopening in the side of the warehouse to aline with crane 4.

The crane 1 1 is provided with open tra cks 21, which can be made toaline with the tracks 8 of crane 4 and with tracks in a boom 19. Theboom 19 is made to telescope Within'the frame of the crane 11 and isproperly sup} ported and guided by means of rol ers 17 and 18, journaledin the crane 11 When all of said tracks are in alinement, the trolley 9can move from the outer end of boom 19to the inner end of crane 4 andconvey material from the ship to the warehouse, or vice versa.

For the purpose of causing the tracks 21 to roject through the openingsin the Warsouse and aline with the tracks 8 in' the latter or to movesaid tracks out of alinement with the tracks8 in the warehouse and thetracks 20 in the boom, said tracks are so mounted that the can beshifted both laterally and longitu inally. To accomplish this, thetracks 21 are connected with the frame of crane 1.1 by means of swingingbrackets 24, one end of each bracket being pivotally connected with theframework of the crane and the other end having a pivotal connectionwith a track-rail 21. It will be seen that with this construction eachtrack-rail 21 can be moved in the are of a circle, causing said rail tobe shifted longitudinally through an,

opening in the warehouse and also shifted laterally into or out ofalinement with the rails 8 in the warehouse and the rails 20 in theboom. The different ositions to which the track-rails 21 can he s 'ftedis clearly illustrated by the full lines and dotted lines in Fi 5.

)n dock 2 I have illustrated a number of tracks 22 for cars 23, and itwill be understood that crane 11, with its boom 19, and the trolley 9'can be employed to convey material from the ship to the cars or from theears to the ship.

The movement of cranes 4 and 11 is controlled either by an operator onthe trolley or on the dock-level, and I do not restrict my-' self to anyparticular means for operating them.

In operation the bucket 10 or'other con veyer enters the hold oftheship), receives its load, and is elevatedto a heig t abovetheupper'deck. Trolley 9 is then operated toltravel along tracks 20, 21,and 8 to carry the material to and deposit it in the warehouse,

" and as-thelatter becomes filled the cranes 4 and 11 canbe moved alongfrom opening toopening in the side of the warehouse and the materialdistributed throughout or removed- "precise detailsset' forth, butconsider myself iii-liberty to make such slight changes and alterationsas fairly fallwithin the spirit and sage of myinVentionJ .I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Let 'tersFaten't, is-

1'. The combination with a warehouse, or like structure, and a travelicrane therein, of a traveling crane outside-the structure,

and trolley-tracks on both of said cranes adapted to aline at openingsin the structure.-

2. The combination with a warehouse or like structure, and a traveling;crane therein,- of a travelin crane outside the-structure adapted toaine'with the first-mentioned crane at 0' enings in-the'structure, aboom on the outsi e crane, and a continuous trolleytrack (in-both cranesand'theboom. v p 3. The combination with a warehouse-or "like structure,and a traveling crane therein,

of artr-a'veli crane outside the-structure adapted to ine with thefirst-mentioned crane at openings in the structure, 'a boom telescopingin-the outside crane, and trolleyparts' described without departing from'aving full described my invention what 7 for'forming'a continuous trackfor the trolley-conveyor. j A

4. "The combination with a-warehouse or of' a traveling crane outsidethe structure, -wheels at oneend oliithe-outside cranesupported to runon the structure, a standard supporting the outer end of the outsidecrane, tracks, wheels on the standard mounted on cranes are alined at anopening in the'structure.

5. In an apparatus of the character-described, the combination with adock, azw'arehouse orlikestructurelocated'adjacent to the dock, and atraveling crane in the structure, of a traveling crane outside thestructure, su ported at one end on the dockandat its ot er end on thestructure, a telescoping boom on the outside crane' adapted to beprojected over a ship at the dock, trolley-tracks on the boom and cranesforming a continuous track when-the cranes are in alinement, a trolleyon saidtrack and a hoistin and conveying bucket or conveyer, carriedb'y-the trolley and constructed to receive and deposit-material 1at anypoint's'throughout the continuous trac In testimony whereof 'I have.signed this specification in'the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' GEORGE HL HULET'I Witnesses:

C. W. CoMs'rooK, HOWARD C; TOBEY.

the tracks, and trolley-tracks on both cranes adapted to form acontinuous track whenthe =-tracks on both of the'craznes and oh the boomlike structure, and-atraveling crane therein,

